2023-05-14 18:37:01
In its first reaction to the complaints regarding mismanagement in the Emprotur, The Bariloche municipal executive corrected a resolution from last year and formalized a travel authorization to Europe for the Secretary of Tourism and president of that body, Gastón Burlón, who otherwise would have been prevented from spending with public funds.
The irregularities became public at the end of April, from the resignation of the manager of Emprotur, Santiago Díaz Vélez, who opened a section in disagreement with the waste of expenses. Specifically, the objection falls on Burlón, who in September and October 2022 participated in tourist fairs held in France and Italy, and in the Accounting for that trip included the purchase of a suit, shoes and a cell phone.
But also, the official at that time was on leave “for private reasons”which was in itself an obstacle to leading an official representation, apart from the authorization to make any purchase on behalf and order of Emprotur.
The dissemination of the case had an impact on the Municipal Council, which decided to promote the resignation of Burlón at your expense. It also led to the initiation of an investigation by the Comptroller’s Court.
But the quartermaster Gustavo Gennuso was silent. And the government’s first reaction to his position was a resolution issued on Friday aimed at tidying up the Burlón situation.
The mayor complied with the administrative act of correcting the license for “personal reasons” that had been granted between September 14 and October 15 of last year and replacing it with an authorization to participate “in his capacity as president of Emprotur.” , of the international tourism fair Top Resa, held in France from September 14 to 22and at the TRG Incontri fair, which took place in Rimini, Italy, 20 days later.
That official mission, overlapping with his vacation, would serve the official to “pass expenses” to the treasury of the entity tourism promotion. But it does not completely solve your situation, since the magnifying glass is focused on the purchase of personal effects, which under normal conditions would be left out of the “per diem” or any related category.
The president of the Municipal Council, Natalia Almonacid, who is also a member of the Emprotur board, had said in the legislative commission last Wednesday that Burlón’s trip was authorized by the entity and that he was unaware of the license resolution. “He said that he was representing Emprotur, but that is not why he ceases to be Secretary of Tourism. Regarding the resolution, Burlón said that it was an involuntary error of administration that should not go así”, affirmed that day Almonacid.
On Friday the Executive made progress with the correction, in the first gesture aimed at alleviating the situation of the official, who remains in his position despite the fact that the opposition councilors -to which Almonacid joined- voted to demand that Gennuso give him ask for the resignation
The details of the “patch” for the official trip
Resolution 1367 textually provides “modify the text of resolution 3094-I-2022” that granted Burlón a one-month vacation between September and October and “authorize the absence” of the Secretary of Tourism between September 14 and 22 “inclusive” and between October 12 and October 15 “at 1 pm”, due to their participation in the Top fairs Resa and TTG Incontri.
Instead, leave the permission of “absence for personal reasons” for Burlón, between September 23 and October 11since in that interval he did not return to Bariloche and stayed on vacation.
In the fundamentals, Gennuso clarifies that the IFTM Top Resa “is a multi-object tourism fair that covers different segments” and the official representation of Bariloche took advantage of its participation “to carry out various contracts” and to hold meetings with tour operators and travel agents, with support from the Argentine embassy in France.
Meanwhile, the 59th edition of the TTG fair in Rimini registered an institutional participation from Argentina with a space coordinated by Improtur and the presence of Bariloche along with three other tourist destinations: Salta, Jujuy and the city of Buenos Aires.
At that time, the municipality had already announced through an official gazette the presence of Burlón at those fairs. Questions regarding his conduct arose from the revelation that he bought a suit, a pair of shoes and a cell phone with the Emprotur card, which also operates with a differential dollar.
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